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parasites, blood cells
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
03/01/2008

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PMN/neutrophil

phagocytize MOs, foreign material, and dead cells

during diapedesis or in nasal passages, throat, colon

 

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eosinophil

release cytotoxic granules to kill invaders

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monocyte

develop into macrophages

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basophil

release histamine granules at site of infection, increasing blood flow to that area

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lymphocyte

include B-cells and T-cells

Develop Abs, distinguish self/non-self, memory responses for specific immune response

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Entamoeba histolytica trophozoite

Fecal oral transmission

Fecal smear

Endosome

Amoebic dysentery

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Entamoeba mature cyst

Fecal oral

Fecal smear

Nuclueii, chromatoidal bar

Amoebic dysentery

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Entamopeba histolytica immature cyst

fecal oral

fecal smear

nucleii, chromatoidal bar

amoebic dysentery

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Acanthamoeba troph

free living, aerosal transmission

sputum, respiratory sample

karyosome, pseudopod

GAE - granulomatous amoebic encephalitis

 

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Naegleria fowleri troph

free living, respiratory, olfactory nerve to brain

CSF?

nucleus

PAM - primary amoebic meningioencephalitis

 

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Giardia lamblia cyst

free living, water, fecal-oral, zoonotic (beaver)

fecal sample

nucleii, karyosome/endosome (in nucleii)

Giardiasis (beaver fever)

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Giardia lambia troph

free living, fecal oral, water, zoonotic

fecal sample

nucleii, karyosome/endosome?, flagella

giardiasis (beaver fever)

 

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Trichomonas vaginalis troph

STD

vaginal, urethral swab

nucleus, undulating membrane, flagella

trichomoniasis, vulvovaginitis

trophs only, no cysts

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Trypanosoma brucei trypomastigote

tsetse fly

blood smear

undulating flagellum, kinetoplast, nucleus

African sleeping sickness

 

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Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigote

Reduviid bug

blood smear, skin scraping

undulating membrane, nucleus, kinetoplast

Chagas disease

amastigote, promastigote, epimastigote

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Leishmania (tropica?) - epimastigote?

sandfly

spleen sample, organs samples, skin scraping

kinetoplast, undulating membrane, flagellum

leishmaniasis (kala-azar)

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Leishmania amastigotes (in macrophages)

sandfly

skin scrapings, spleen/organ samples

leishmaniasis

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Babesia trophs(inside RBC)

Deer tick (Ixodes)

Blood smear

 

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Babesia trophs (in RBC)

Deer tick (Ixodes)

blood smear

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Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite

house cat - definitive host 

other vertebrates (inc humans) - intermediate

tissue, fluid samples. (slides from brain)

Taxoplasmosis

oocyst, tachyzoite

 

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Toxoplasma gondi oocyst

cat definitive, human (vertebrates) intermed.

tissues

toxoplasmosis

tachyzoites, oocysts

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Pneumocystis carinii cysts (in lung tissue)

repiratory droplet transmission

lung biopsy, sputum?

PCP - plasma-cell pneumonia

cysts, trophs

 

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Cryptosporidium parvum oocyst

infected water, often fruits and vegetables

fecal sample

4 sporozoites inside

Cryptosporidiosis

 

 

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Plasmodium trophozoite (ring stage)

Anopheles mosquito (definitive host)

blood smear

Malaria

preceding stage - merozoite

next stage - schizont

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Plasmodium sporozoite (liver)

Anopholes (determinate)

Liver tissue

Malaria

Preceding stage - Ookinite in mosquito gut

Next stage - Merozoite in liver

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Plamodium schizont (contains merozoites)

Anopholes (determinate), human

blood smear

malaria

previous - sporozoite

next - develop into gametocytes or trophozoites (ring form)

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Plasmodium gametocyte

Anopholes

blood

malaria

preceding stage - merozoite

next stage - ookinete

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Plasmodium oocyst

Anopholes

in mosquito gut

malaria

preceding stage - oocyst

next stage - sporozoites

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Taenia solium

Human definitive host, pig intermediate

fecal sample

rostrum, scolex

 cysticercosis

previous stage - cyst (intermediate)

next stage - egg

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Taenia pisiformis rostrum

Dog definitive, intermediate?

fecal sample

cysticercosis

previous - cyst

next - egg

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Taenia proglottids
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Taenia egg

human (determinate),vertebrate 'prey' intermediate

fecal sample

cysticercosis

previous - gravid proglottid

next - larva

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Taenia cysticercus

human definitive, 'prey' intermediate

muscle tissue

cysticercosis

previous - larva

next - adult

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Clonorchis sinensis

human (definitive), snail and fish (intermediates)

fecal sample, liver tissue?

previous - metacercariae

next - egg

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Clonorchis sinensis egg

human (determinate), snails and fish (intermediate)

fecal ample

previous - adult

next - miracidium (infects snail)

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Schistosoma

water w/cercariae (from eggs in feces), snail intermediate

fecal sample

previous - adult

next - miracidium (invade snail)

 

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Schistosoma egg

feces in water, snail intermediate

fecal sample

previous - adult

next - miracidium

 

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Schistosoma cercariae

feces in water, snail intermediate

water sample

previous - miracidium

next - juvenile

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Schistosoma miracidium

feces in water, snail intermediate

water sample

previous - egg

next - cercariae

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Schistosoma adults

feces in water, snail intermediate

intestinal wall

previous - cercariae

next - egg

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Trichinella spiralis adult

carnivores and omnivores

muscle biopsy?

Trichinosis

 

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Trichinella spiralis - encysted larvae

carnivores, omnivores

muscle tissue

Trichinosis

 

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Enterobius

ingestion of eggs transferred from anus

perianal sample, visual examination

 

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Enterobius egg

ingestion of eggs from perianal tranfer

 

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Necator americanus eggs

Fecal oral

Fecal sample

previous - adult

next - juveniles (travel to lungs)

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Necator americanus adults

fecal - oral

fecal sample

next - eggs

previous - juveniles coughed up from lungs

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Wucheria - microfilariae

mosquito

blood smear

elephantiasis/filariasis

previous - adult

next - infective juvenile

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